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Contents:
- IS BRICK POLLT GAY?IS BRICK POLLT GAY?
- CAT ON A HOT T ROOF : IS BRICK REALLY GAY?
- WAS BRICK GAY THE HOT ROOF?
- BRICK THROWN AT AN NYC GAY BAR IS BEG VTIGATED AS A HATE CRIME
IS BRICK POLLT GAY?IS BRICK POLLT GAY?
* is brick gay *
He is a homosexual reprentg the homosexuals of the neteen fifti, so he also reprents the social victims that the homosexuals of the time were. The play ncentrat on the plight of Brick whose life and difficulti symbolize the crisis of the mid-century homosexual culture.
His paradoxil suatn, and his abily to speak out and to live a normal life, is supposed to 'expose' the problem of the liv of homosexuals of the time, rather than illtrate or suggt a solutn.
CAT ON A HOT T ROOF : IS BRICK REALLY GAY?
As I ntue to read Cat on a hot T Roof I have e to the ncln, as many others have, that Brick is gay. Although this is never explicly stated is implied different ntext of the story le. The first distct clue is poted out through his drkg. As a rear we… * is brick gay *
Brick's nflict wh the expectatn, attu and opprsn of the fay and social environment are all ed by his homosexual orientatn; and th, every other theme n be and should be related to the theme of homosexualy, or at least, the risg homosexual orientatn Brick that fac a fatal blow, stroyg all his life and prospects of happs. In a general view, this central theme of homosexualy has to do wh the crisis of the homosexual mory culture the mid-twentieth century Ameri. Brick uld have been a fully homosexual personaly, if he was not too sensive about his social image.
He married Maggie a hurry jt to prove that he was not the homosexual that people thought him to be: but even jt after his marriage, he seems to have been rather very passive his heterosexual relatnship wh Maggie. Maggie mentns that he was slow, different and lm his sexual terurse, and though she says she like that sort of sex, we doubt that he was passive and different bee of the haner of his homosexual relatn and yearng for Skipper. This means that Brick is a homosexual, but he wanted to play a double-role and be both a homo and heterosexual!
He reprents the homosexual personaly of the era of s transn, and th also s failure and crisis.
WAS BRICK GAY THE HOT ROOF?
The qutn “Who threw the first brick?” has bee a way to celebrate gay ins and to ject joy to a soberg historil moment. * is brick gay *
The thor has only been able to prent the bate before , and not advote for or ny this new phenomenon of homosexualy. To some extent, Brick is a schizoid; and his beg a schizoid is also ed by his hostily towards a fay and society that is hostile agast the very ia of homosexualy.
Another problem related to and ed by his homosexualy is that of beg psychologilly and morally paralyzed. The nscns of the social stigma attached to homosexualy breaks down Brick's md and spir.
BRICK THROWN AT AN NYC GAY BAR IS BEG VTIGATED AS A HATE CRIME
Round and round, each of the and all other problems boil down to the homosexualy and s social and psychologil impact on Brick. Th, would not be an exaggeratn to say that homosexualy is the cx of all the problems of Brick's life'. Is Brick Pollt Gay?
Apr 28, 2005#12005-04-28T18:31I'm readg this book by Michael Paller right now about gay characters Tennse Williams (and I'm gog to wre a review for talkbroadway). I have assumed that the play was about a man who n't e to terms wh his homosexualy. Paller basilly says the same thg--that there's no reason Brick would have such trouble wh Skipper's admissn of love, that he wouldn't be able to rist sleepg wh Maggie, except for beg gay.